Benson Kipruto

Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the 125th Boston Marathon in 2021 (2:09:51), the 2022 Chicago Marathon (2:04:24) and the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in a personal best of 2:02:16, where he also set a new course record. Kipruto finished third at both the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon with times of 2:07:27 and 2:06:06 respectively.

In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record.

He won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon (2:07:24) and the 2021 Prague Marathon (2:10:16).

Personal bests

 * Half marathon – 1:00:06 (Prague 2020)
 * Marathon – 2:02:16 (Tokyo 2024)

Notable marathon results
Results taken from IAAF Profile